Shaving brush



June l0, 1924e H.| .HEss

SHAVING BRUSH Filed June 14.

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Patented ,lune 10, 1924.

HENRY LAWRENCE HESS, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLTANIA.

SI-IAVING- BRUSH.

Application filed` June 14, 1921. Serial No. 477,390.

tion is to provide a compact, simple andv reliable combination shaving brush and soap container adapted to be supplied or refilled with soap from ordinary or commercial containers and in which the soap is well shielded from the air and which is clean,

sanitary and adapted to effectively applyk the soap to the end part of the brush. Another object is to provide for convenience in washing the brush and to insure that the same shall be kept clean.

To these and other ends hereinafter set forth, the invention is embodied in a shaving brush comprising in combination a hollow container element providing a soap chamber and a receptacle for the bristles and body of a brush, a partition arranged in the container element between the chamber and receptacle and provided with a nozzle adapted to contact with the bristles at the end of the brush, an ejector` for the chamber provided with a filling opening, and a brush having a body adapted to detachably engage the mouth of the receptacle to present the bristles to the nozzle and the handle in exposed position.

The invention also comprises the improved combination shaving brush and soap container hereinafter described and finally claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof and in which Figure 1 is an elevational view of a combination shaving brush and soap container embodying the invention in one form.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, and

Fig.v3 is a sectional view of a detail drawn to an enlarged scale.

In the drawings 1, generally, is a 'hollow container element providing a soap chamber 2 and a receptacle 3 for the bristles 4 and body 5 of a brush. As shown the body 5 is detachably mounted in the mouth of the receptacle 3 by means of a screw thread so that the brush can be readily inserted in and removed `from the receptacle. 6 is a partition provided in the container element and arranged between the chamberv and the receptacle. As shown the partition is provided with an opening 7 and constitutes the end of a threaded shell 8 mounted in the container element. 9 is a nozzle arranged through the partition and provided with lateral discharge openings 10 which are cleanable by the bristles of the brush. 11 is a closure for the openings l0 and it is shown as provided with openings 12 which maybe turned into or out of alignment with the openings 10 so as to uncover and cover the same. As shown the closure 11 is provided with a handle 13 accessible from the exterior through a slot in the wall of the receptacle.

One way of turnably mounting the closurel 11 on the nozzle 9 is to reduce the diameter of the latter and provide the closure with a contraction 14 mounted on the reduced portion of the nozzle 9. 15 is an ejector adapted to be screwed into the shell 8 and having a filling opening 16 closed by a screw or stopper 17. 18 is a sleeve carried by the ejector and having a spring flange 19 working on the outside wall of the container ele'- ment.

In use the soap chamber 2 can be lilled with shaving soap or cream from the tube in which it is usually put up by removing the screw 17 and inserting the mouth of the tube into the opening 16 and then discharging the soap from the tube into the receptacle whereupon the screw is replaced. It may be remarked that soap or cream can be thus supplied from any of the standard tubes in which it is purchased and this without exposing it to the air or to the hands or iingers. With thek nozzle open and the brush in the position shown, the ejector may be screwed down thus feeding the soap or shaving cream to the bristles of the brush which can be removed from the receptacle and used for shaving just like an ordinary brush and with the soap or cream at and near the ends of the bristles where it is easily applied to the face. rlhe brush does not have to be handled and it has the eect of cleaning the nozzle openings which are arranged laterally. The closure 11, when present on the fixed nozzle 9, may be closed when the device is not in use and opened when the device is to be used. From the foregoing description it is evident that the device is convenient and sanitary and that the soap is applied to the bristles of the brush Which latter can be used in the ordinary manner and convenienti)7 nf'ashed.

It Will be obvious to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made in details of construction and arrangement Without departing from the spirit of the invention Which is not liniited as to those iniprovements or otherwise than as the prior art and the appended claims may require.

I claim: p

l. A shaving brush comprising in coinbination a hollow container element providing- Ya soap chamber and a laterallyv closed receptaclev for the bristles and body of a brush, a partition arranged in the container element between the chamber and receptacleand provided with a nozzle, a screw threaded ejector arranged for co-operetion Withthe chamber and provided Vwith a stoppered filling opening, and a brush having a body adapted for detachable engagement with the mouth of the receptacle to present its bristles to the nozzle and its handle in ei;- posed position.

2. A shaving brush comprising in combination a Ahollow container eleinent providing a soap chamber and a laterallyY closed receptacle for the bristles and bod;1 of a brush and having a partition arranged between the chamber and receptacle and providedivith a nozzle, a closure for the nozzle operative from the exterior of the container element, a screw-threaded ejector for the chamber provided with a stoppered filling opening, and a brush having a body adapted to engage and disengage the inonth of the receptacle to present its bristles to the nozzle and its handle in exposed position.

HENRY LAlVRENCE HESS. 

